Black Pebble Tile Stones – Installation Tips & Ideas!

Black pebble tile stones are unique natural stone tiles made of small pebble stones which are in most cases being manually arranged together as well as pasted onto a fixed size mesh backing in order to create a totally seamless natural stone tile effect. Besides covering walls, floors, backsplashes and other surfaces, many home-makers recently use them to make excellent, stylish economical borders.

These panels can be easily used for numerous inside and external remodeling and other purposes including: bathrooms, shower backsplashes, kitchen floors, countertops, patio flooring, flooring and walls. These easy do-it-yourself tiles are becoming more and more popular these days due to the fact that they open countless designing opportunities while no special skills are needed in order to install them.

Now let's see how it works: Using these black pebble tile stones whether in the inside or the outside requires no special skills or special materials. Equip yourself with elementary tools such as: scissors, grout, sponge, thinset mortar, trowel, grout float, sealer and paint brush. Take the sealer and brush it over the tiles before you begin with installation itself, now take the trowel and use it to apply thinset over the surface and apply the rock tiles next to each other, in the last step you need to fill the space between the stones by using grout, after it dries use a wet sponge to clean the excess grout off the surface of the pebbles.

There are various benefits for using these tiles to redecorate your home or even in the office. Here is a quick overview of these advantages:

1) Good for inside & Outside use.

2) Easily installed over existing surfaces such as old ceramics or plain concrete.

3) Comes in various colors and shapes that can easily fit almost any surface and room setting.

If you plan on redecorating by working with black pebble tile stones, here are some valuable tips that can help you:

1) In order to ensure an even color layout of the tiles, sort them before installation.

2) Most recommended grout is sanded grout – it is suitable for both internal and external use.

3) Avoid using any ready-made grout on wet areas like shower floor or shower backsplash – use any other standard dry powder based cement.

Black pebble tile stones provide endless applications for both the indoor as well as external due to the fact that they come in countless shades, hues and sizes and they are easy to be installed compared with other alternatives.